Comic crossovers between different companies can be fun and reveal new sides to characters. Whether it’s DC and Marvel’s Amalgam Universe, Dave Sim’s Cerebrus palling around with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or Madman and Superman talking on a playground about God, there’s an unexpected joy that comes from mashing up two possibly incongruous worlds. And as comic book films become more prevalent, perhaps this trend of world mashups will go beyond just shared cinematic universes and into this weird wave of smashing together disparate properties.
At least, that’s the promise of this new fake trailer for Bruce Wayne Vs. The World, as created by YouTuber Inventor Headquarters. Taking footage from Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and putting it through the filter of Edgar Wright’s frenetic Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, the results show that there’s a lot of unexpected joy and lightness in Nolan’s otherwise grim and gritty take on the caped crusader.